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Vegas 2020 pre draft predictions (Panthers favored in 1 game in 2020)

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While the Panthers problems aren't small, it's hard to tell just how bad they are until the ball gets snapped in 2020. The Panthers were terrible after Ron was let go last year, and while they weren't good with him, I'm not sure they were as bad as they showed without him.

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2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly, seems about right. If it plays out like that, we'll get our franchise QB in the '21 draft. 

And Marty thinks we’ll compete? WTF did we waste $21M a year on Teddy and lose a 3rd comp for Bradberry? Just start Grier and guarantee Lawrence and be done with it and get the rebuild underway. We are favored in 1 game at home against the team who has the 3rd pick in the draft. Sure screams competitive and Teddy is being considered in these odds.

We could have had 4 comp picks (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) and saved almost $90M in cap space by dumping Short and not signing Teddy and Anderson for 2020 and 2021. It’ll be fun limping through the next two years wasting 4 comp picks, $90M and coming out of it 11-21 no closer to a franchise QB.

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10 minutes ago, stbugs said:

And Marty thinks we’ll compete? WTF did we waste $21M a year on Teddy and lose a 3rd comp for Bradberry? Just start Grier and guarantee Lawrence and be done with it and get the rebuild underway. We are favored in 1 game at home against the team who has the 3rd pick in the draft. Sure screams competitive and Teddy is being considered in these odds.

We could have had 4 comp picks (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) and saved almost $90M in cap space by dumping Short and not signing Teddy and Anderson for 2020 and 2021. It’ll be fun limping through the next two years wasting 4 comp picks, $90M and coming out of it 11-21 no closer to a franchise QB.

Very little about our approach to this off-season has made sense to me.

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Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Very little about our approach to this off-season has made sense to me.

It’s awful. Marty’s still on the hot seat and his last two drafts are chock full of reaches because he doesn't know how to draft BPA. Same thing is happening now.

You’d think a team losing Cam, Luke and Olsen would be rebuilding. A team that had the #31 D and gave up the 2nd most sacks? Losing 3 of 4 DL starters, their best CB and a starting S? We went 12-20 the last two years, 1-15 when it counted.

WTF would we blow off getting 4 comp picks and trying to build cap space? Ugh, I could have done a better job just by saying we’re not signing FAs until after comp deadline is over and we’re maximizing cap space for a SB run in 2022 to 2025. Signing CMC is the only move I’ve liked besides letting go of our FAs.

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